Nuns Help Hemingway with Tale and Piece of Tail

This essay explores Hemingway's treatment for a spiral fracture at St. Vincent's Hospital, which was staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth after a 1930 car crash in Billings, Montana. It details the surgical intervention to repair the fracture, which used sutures made of kangaro...

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Published in:The Hemingway review 2022-09, Vol.42 (1), p.96-102
Main Author: Hays, Peter L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Bones
Care and treatment
Catholic institutions
Charities
Fatalities
Fractures
Fractures (Injuries)
Hemingway, Ernest
Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)
Hospitals
Hunting
Injuries
Novelists
Nuns
Repair
Roman Catholic organizations
Short stories
Social aspects
Sutures
Tendons
Traffic accidents & safety
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Summary:This essay explores Hemingway's treatment for a spiral fracture at St. Vincent's Hospital, which was staffed by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth after a 1930 car crash in Billings, Montana. It details the surgical intervention to repair the fracture, which used sutures made of kangaroo tail and Hemingway's subsequent fourteen-week recovery. The essay also explores how Hemingway's stay at the hospital influenced his short story, "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio."
ISSN:0276-3362
1548-4815
1548-4815
DOI:10.1353/hem.2022.0021